History
Essential books illuminating key periods of history, from the Romans to the Tudors to World War 1. Delve into the history of England with Peter Ackroyd, explore Britain’s forgotten multicultural past with David Olusoga, or uncover the violent rise of early Christianity with Catherine Nixey.
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Margaret George’s favourite stories of the Roman Empire.
The Blind Light
Stuart Evers
The Running Book
John Connell
Palace of Palms
Kate Teltscher
Thebes
Paul Cartledge
Pandora's Jar
Natalie Haynes
Endurance
Louis Rudd
Mistresses
Linda Porter
Legionnaire
Simon Murray
Machiavelli
Alexander Lee
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
A Place For Everything
Judith Flanders
Colditz
P R Reid
Burmese Days
George Orwell
Correspondents
Tim Murphy
Daily Rituals Women at Work
Mason Currey
The Korean War
Max Hastings
Permanent Record
Edward Snowden
The Song of Simon de Montfort
Sophie Thérèse Ambler
Kremlin Winter
Robert Service
The Lamplighter
Jackie Kay
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Mary Seacole
Eight Days at Yalta
Diana Preston
Brothers in Arms
Geraint Jones
The Bells of Old Tokyo
Anna Sherman
How to Survive
John Hudson
The Russian Job
Douglas Smith
1939
Frederick Taylor
The Age of Light
Whitney Scharer
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The Map of Knowledge
Violet Moller
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Lotharingia
Simon Winder
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective
Susannah Stapleton
Germania
Simon Winder
Danubia
Simon Winder
The Book of Tea
Okakura Kakuzo
Sayuri Romei
Nature's Mutiny
Philipp Blom
War Doctor
David Nott
Dominion
Peter Ackroyd